The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-05-25

BILLS making an appropriation OF $4,000 for
the purchase OF additional land for the Michigan

| bills making an appropriation OF $1,000 Tor
the purchase OF additional land for the Michigan
Insane Asylum. and making an appropriation
OF sl0iOOD for the current expenses OF the State
| Reform School for 1887, passed the Senate on
the 18th inst. The reduction Of railroad pas
senger rates was the special order in the House.
Although me- final action was taken, incidental
votes showed n disposition not 10 make a large
cut I'm rates. The Manley bill. reducing fares to
z cents in the lower peninsula, practically
defeated by she adoption Of the w. A. Bates
substitute. This allows fare OF two and half
cents a mile in she Lower Peninsula and three
cents in the Upper Peninsula. Roads operating
less than twenty miles are exempted. All roads
must sell J0O-miIe tic for not more than $40.
This substitute was adopted by n vote Of Al to
33. The Cross graveyard insurance bill came
up by pscial order and the whole afternoon
session was occupied i'm the discussion. The in
EQUITIES OF this systena OF insurance were pretty
thoroughly shown up. Pending vote upon It.
the committee rose and asked leave TO sit
again.
THE age &C consent bill fixing tho age at IA
years passed the Senate ON the 18th, without
discussion, and was sent to the Governor for his
signature. The Senate also passed the follow
ing House bills: To authorize the village OF st.
Johns, Clinton County, to borrow money for the
construction OF water works; To change the
hseal year from September to June 30; to
enlarge the powers of township officers
IN the town OF Republic Marquette
county to amend the charter Of
the age of protection for females to IA years to
authorize the trustees OF religions societies to
receive money by gift and bequest; also the
wood, Gogebic County; to peincorporate the
village OF Fremont, Newaygo County to amend
the act Incorporating the village of Three
Rivers, 81. Joseph County; to amend the
laws relative to the fees OF appraisers
and commissioners upon ESTATES OF deceased
persons and others OF local Importance
granting 50 coo TO Alphonzo Button, who was SO
sadly injured several years ago by u cannon ex-
plosion at Mason on a Fourth of July celebra-
tion when member OF a State military COM
pany. The House of Representatives passed
bills to regulate the appointment and qualitca-
ton of notaries public the Senate bill ceding
To the United States exclusive jurisdiction
Land to- be occupied by the Lake Superior
Ship Canal Railway and Iron Company,
and the Portage Lake and River I'M
proceedings in law against corporate bodies to
prevent judges of probate from acting as trus-
! tees OF insane asylums TO regulate the pro-
! posed crossing Of one railroad by another. The
Hosford resolution for Investigating the cleo
ton frauds in Wayne County was disposed OF
by the adoption OF substitutes, referring the
whole matter to the Joint Committees on the
Judiciary. a resolution was adopted TO pay the
counsel for defendant in the Dakin impeach-
ment trial $50 each in full compensation The
Cross insurance bill to regulate the grave
yard business was discussed in committee Of
! the whole.
The Cross bill to regulate cooperative insur-
ance companies passed the Senate on the 18th,
by vote of 50 TO H. This is quite victory for
Mr.. Cross and friends of the measure for the
/ fight against the bill bitter and at times
somewhat personal This, however, was TO be
/ expected from the nature or the business an
tagonized by the bill and the character OF
/ the people engaged in it, The House killed
/ the bill TO abolish the Board of Corrections and
! Charities. The question was much discussed
and it was charged that the Board was no real
| benefit to the state that it did no important
work, and neglected the duties imposed by law
on it. Several members denied these state
ments, and numerous alleged atrocities which
! have been unearthed by the Board of Correc-
! ton and Charities Were cited by Representative
! Chapman in opposition to the bill TO abolish
the Board. In one case in Ionia County, IL
was charged, girl of IA years was found
confined in shocking condition. She
was locked in pen and had nothing on the
windows were barred but this did not prevent
passers-by from looking in at the poor creature.
When the board discovered her she was
| tirely naked and there was no furniture OF any
kind in the room; she was kicking plaster of
the wall and had apparently been working on
/ the lath. Her brother was found imprisoned in
| tight board fence in the back yard He had on
shirt and pants, but had no, protec-
ton from the sun, which had shone
with great herceness. The wife of the
! keeper of the Poorhouse said the child had been
| in the pen since morning A short time after
ward, when the board made another visit to the
| place, the girl had been given n dress, but was
eft loose and unguarded in the back yard. In
another case the poor authorities of Menominee
County had confined nine women and three
men for three weeks together in the same room.
They We're subjected to the barbarous treat
ment of being brought and made to dance be-
/ fore crowd from the town who brought n brass
band to accompany the antics OF the miserable
creatures.
BILL, which had previously gone through
the House, was unanimously passed by
the Senate on the 10TH providing that all per-
sons handling butterine for sale shall keep
sign conspicuously posted bearing thereon in
large black letters not less than three inches
in length the legend: "Oleomargarine Sold
Here" or "Butterine Sold Here, as the case
may be, and further that in every place where
either of these articles is used, be il hotel,
! restaurant, boarding house, or home, n sign OF
the same character shall be kept hanging over
the entrance to the dining-room, and on il shall
appear the words as above except that used"
shall be substituted for sold" on the sign.
! Penalties are provided for violations of the
| law, and it IS made misdemeanor 10 sell but
terine. oleomargarine, or similar compounds
! butter, and subjects the offender to a fine of
from 500 to $500, or imprisonment from six
months to three years in the State House of
! Correction. Tie Sharp stenographer bill
also passed the Senate. 1t applies
to stenographers OF Circuit Courts
| bill gives the appointment of stenographer to
the Judge of the circuit, the salary to be fixed
by the Judge, limited to not less than 81 900
more than 1900. The amount is rated upon
the business of the court, but the Board of
| Supervisors of Wayne County Auditors are
! privileged TO add as. much they choose TO
the regular salary. An allowance of eight
cents per folio is the legal rate for transcribing
1t makes the stenographer public official,
similar to the county clerk and stenographers
are hereafter to be furnished to appli-
cants at the legal rate for transcribing.
| The Joint Committee on Banks made an ex-
department of banking, with n commissioner
20 be appointed by the Governor, together with
"A force of expert examiners The report states
that the present savings-bank system is not
safe for the mass of depOsitOrs, as it does not
provide for the full publication of the banks
condition. Senator Monroe's bill revising the
banking laws and creating State depart
ment was recomm ended for pas sage. The House
spent nearly the entire day in consdera-
ton of the Manly two-cent faro bill, and finally
passed il by q vote of 65 to TO- The bill provides
that all roads in the Lower Peninsula except
| roads recently built less than twenty miles
in length shall be allowed to charge two cents
per mile for each mile and fraction thereof
! and no more that railroads in the Upper
| Peninsula will be allowed Co charge three cents
n mile only. The Legislature appears to be
! getting after the railroads. even though they
have their passes still. The Rogers bill, apply
ing provisions nearly similar to the interstate
commerce bill 20 railroads wholly in the State.
also passed the House.
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